La Botica de Casa SanAndo
A whole arsenal of natural health
Integrating the beauty of the environment into its design, our Botica (literally, Apothecary) or Integrative Medicine Clinic, is a Wellness Sanctuary with open-air treatment spaces (for when our great Galician weather allows it) and a luxuriously equipped consultation room integrated in the midst of the magic of the flowers and medicinal plants of our Healing Garden. Our Integrative Medicine specialist physician, Dr. Caetana Varela-Hall, is certified in more than 20 wellness-related professions and techniques:
- Conventional Medicine
- Occupational Health
- Natural Medicine or Naturopathy
- Herbal Medicine
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- Reflexology
- Aesthetics
- Positive Psychology
- Physical Therapy and Osteopathy
- Tibetan Tantric Reiki
- Traditional Mexican Medicine
- Traditional Thai Medicine
- Ayurveda
- Integrative Nutrition
- Health and Life Coaching
- Contemplative Compassionate Sciences & Mindfulness
- Bach Flowers
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Metamorphic Technique
- Fitness, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation and Pranayama
- Traditional Massages such as Thai, tok sen, Mexican rebirth, or lomilomi (Hawaiian)
Dr. Caetana Varela-Hall, always in love with and passionate about Life, has been trained in the best Universities as well as in the most diverse and remote parts of the world in her natural techniques to combine the best practices of Medicine from East and West, North and South, Modernity and Tradition, to offer a perspective about your health condition and the range of therapeutic possibilities that will adapt to your needs at every moment and phase of your life, of your illness, or to be able to bring you, easily, what you need to understand for your learning and accepting process. In addition, she offers life sovereignty workshops, such as homemade natural hygienic product (soaps, creams, toothpaste…), reflexology techniques for daily care, first aid for common emergencies, acupressure points for home use, herbal walks for learning about wild edibles and nutraceuticals, healthy habits for families, and a long list of etceteras. Dr Varela-Hall has written multiple scientific articles, several chapters in different health books, and two health-related comic books, Las Saludables Aventuras de Sol, for all members of families to learn about healthy practices, medicine, and personal growth.
Our Botica also has a medicinal herbs garden, where we gather the herbs for making teas and remedies: lavander, dandelion, sage, rosemary, thyme, roses, valerian, estragon, berries, mullein, daisies, hibiscus, aloe, lemon balm, oregano, primroses, currants, St John´s, nasturtiums, physalis, passion fruit, wisteria, poppies…
